Schwinger's method and the computation of determinants

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 524-528

  De Albuquerque, Luiz C ^a   Farina, C ^b   Rabello, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032356860     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.18894     Document Type: Article

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